Angeliki Avgitidou, Performance art: the basics. A beginner’s course guide. University Studio Press, pages 114.
This publication is the result of the author’s many years of research and academic teaching. It is intended as a comprehensive guide to teaching performance art, structured around exercises and projects that fall into the following two sections:
-"the basics", which deals with fundamental elements of performance, such as space, objects and the body and
- "advanced", the content of which is essentially conceptual.
Each section is accompanied by theoretical texts that delimit the artistic context and reveal the connections of performance art with the public sphere. The book is aimed at students, teachers, researchers and artists who wish to delve into the art of performance.
Angeliki Avgitidou is Transart advisor and associate professor of Performance Art at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Fine Art, University of Western Macedonia.
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Reviews
Performance Art: The basics is a major book which takes a new perspective on contemporary performance from the standpoint of the modalities of its teaching. The exploratory approach proposed, based on observation and experimentation, is essential in order to decrypt the dynamic process of creation in performance art.
Michel Collet, artist and theorist - art action.
Performance art: the basics is the product of many years of research and academic teaching, which offers fascinating insights into the world of performance, both as practice and as criticism. Angeliki Avgitidou's information-rich book is perfectly attuned to the demands of students, teachers, researchers and artists who wish to delve into the art of performing. It discusses several different aspects of performance and proposes useful tools of practice, as well as comprehensive exercises.
Eleni Papalexiou, assistant professor of theatre studies, University of the Peloponnese.
Bringing alive the possibilities of performance art, this new guide will inspire teachers and students alike. Moving between basic and conceptual levels, it’s full of inventive assignments, exercises and photographs. It really captures a sense of how this comparatively new branch of contemporary practice relates to today’s complex, politically-troubled world.
Bob Dickinson, writer and broadcaster.